May 28, 2012

The other day, I showed you some pictures of the People's Bratfest, the alternative brat fest. Little did I know there was also another alternative brat fest going on in Madison.

“We’re here because we support the recall of (Gov.) Scott Walker,” said Alyson Pohlman, 32, sitting at a table with a group of friends waiting for the band Halley’s Hoop to perform at the Wurst Times festival.

“It’s a wonderful spin on a Madison tradition, where we get to support and empower our values,” Pohlman added.

Brian Cislak, 62, was there for the same reason: “To gather with people of like minds who want to see Scott Walker recalled.”...

The Wurst Times festival... sprang up last year along with two others as an alternative to the World’s Largest Brat Fest, now in its 30th year.

So there are 3 alternative brat fests, along with the traditional World's Largest Bratfest?

The World’s Largest, a four-day festival that runs through today at Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center, has raised more than $1 million for charity. It became controversial last year after it became public that executives of sponsor Johnsonville Sausage made campaign contributions to Walker....

So where did the alternative brat fests buy their brats? Did they make sure the brats were made by Wisconsin workers whose employer's executives contributed to Tom Barrett? Are there brats like that?

76 comments:

Is an "empowered value" kind of like a superpower? Can a person who possesses an empowered value like, say, favoring public-union collective bargaining use that value the way Thor uses his hammer, smiting enemies from afar?

As I mentioned, I did attend the Madison festival this weekend many years ago when working for the future POTUS. There were no vegan or even vegetarian brats. When someone says that they have an alternative festival, I expect it to have that at least. I find that in Red states, there is a conspiracy to prevent me from eating. This is why I am working so very, very hard for the CORE team of the POTUS in the red states. You guessed it, today I am in WV and later this week in SC and NC. We never stop.

One day I hope there are restaurants or places for us, as we are in a minority. No one caters to us. Only POTUS and the CORE team members, such as the blonde who works in the WH and who is my erstwhile companion, understand our vegan dietary restrictions.

This is a good book that I recently gave to the red-head from Harvard who came at one of the Oval Room shindigs. I wanted her to understand me better by accepting what I prefer to eat.

Veggie Burgers Every Which Way, http://www.amazon.com/Veggie-Burgers-Every-Which-Way/dp/1615190198

The problem w/ the big bratfest is not only the Johnsonville political contributions. The Metcalfe fam that runs it are Republicans. The old man[Tom], now deceased, was a good guy. I bartended @ one of his haunts. He started this fest. He was mayor of Monona and ran against Chuck "The Weasel" Chvala back in the 90's.

The repetition of Brats, Brats and more Brats is a rhetorical device that demands Mustard. Mustard and more Mustard.

My theory of revolutions is that they never start until people are starving and see no other way out.

Ergo: Madison is only putting on a Les Miserable show for itself (See the 3 miserable trolls picture last night) while it stuffs down Brats, Brats and more Brats. So if most of the ballots in the recall have mustard on them, then Walker keeps his job.

Does anyone else suspect, in their cynical little hearts, that AP dreams of a day when all brats served at public bratfests or available in stores will be entirely meat-free? That he knows how much pain that would cause the carnivores of Wisconsin, but the contemplation of that imagined pain gives him pleasure? I certainly do.

For a conservative from New YorkThere is nothing more dorkThan progressive alternative people;Their wursts and wieners and bratsMade of rumors and rancor and ratsGarnished with crabby criesSometimes with loot and liesTo mislead the much maligned sheeple.

"make sure the brats were made by Wisconsin workers whose employer's executives contributed to Tom Barrett? Are there brats like that?"

Possible. The best brats in Wisconsin are made by local butchers all over the state. My personal favorites come from Marchant's, in Sturgeon Bay and Brussels. As far as I know, they sell only through their own two stores and a few other outlets in Door County.

I'm pretty sure the fabulous people at Marchant's are not Barrett supporters, but undoubtedly somewhere in Wisconsin there is a small butcher shop whose owner is a democrat. And keeps an albino unicorn for a pet.

Yes, David. As I said above, Klement and Usinger's. I have not bought a Johnsonville since last year, and have missed them. They were my favorite, and were often on sale. And I'm SURE they've noticed the drop in business. But at least I feel better.

By the way, the smartest giving strategy would be to support incumbents regardless of party.

jimspice. Where do you live? When I go to a Roundy's, or Super Target, or some other large grocery store, I see dozens if not 100s of people each time. All loading up their carts with groceries. Virtually none of them are familiar with your little hate-filled boycott.

Do you really think that mainstream people pay any attention to you?

What about people like me who have gone out of our way to purchase Johnsville products due to people like you?

dammike...I agree. People like Jim SPice have such a like of life that they go to web sites to see if employees of a manufacturer have given money to a Republican, before they will purchase their products.

Do we conservative stop shopping at Target or Best Buy because those companies give large amounts of money to homosexual political groups?

Jimspice--If you think you are getting progressive bratwurst from Usinger, you are in for a tummy ache. Don't know about Clement. (I was not recommending against Johnsonville. Just pointing out that there might be an alternative. Maybe. Somewhere.)

Of course no one (that I know at least) researches every vendor and marks for boycott every one that has given to conservative causes. The only reason Johnsonville came to the forefront is because their support was SO over the top; they're the or one of the largest in-state backers and I hated the idea of a penny per sausage of my money supporting Walker.

In my world where I rule with benin near invisibility the ultimate brat will be served as a sandwich. The sausage is sliced open lengthwise skillfully kept connected, revealing its moist meaty unctuous goodness without becoming a nuisance of two pieces sliding around independently.

The double wide sausage is set upon a bed of sauerkraut gently seasoned with fennel. Careful deli sauerkraut, not the crap shredded acidified cabbage that gurgled through gigantic tanks.

Mustard combined from mustard seeds pulverized that very day.

Hearty Swiss type cheese.

Sturdy rye bread that holds up to all that moisture without falling apart and without making the whole sandwich about bread.

I would commission American Home Kitchen to work out the details if they haven't already, with instructions to leave politics out of it, because as king I cannot be seen doing such things as baking but I can assign myself a spot on the judging panel with the role of main judge which in my kingdom counts will count for 90%.

in defense of Jimspice, he's not working to put Johnsonville out of business. His original post was quite (for a lefty) self-depricating about the true effect of his personal boycott (that effect being unmeasurably low).

How can the same state that devised the great, fun sausage races at the Brewers games be home to such humorless scolds who twist & turn over the political leanings of a sausage maker? They are truly nuts.

In my kingdom, that is how all the people can have them if they want them. Also, they can go the refrigerator and pick up one cold and not even dip it. Take a few bites and put the rest back if they want to. Any time they want, even at work.

Instead of resisting buying the product from a company that supports an opposing political view, consumers should instead think of it in terms of servitude. Ex. Make for me a pile of sausages and make them well. Make them delicious from the finest ingredients and do all this fast. This is the most I shall recompense you, the least you can get by on. Now have at it.

As it turns out the demand is so great that the least added up totals to quite a lot and they become rich but they're still subservient to your sausage related demands. They are your sausage slaves, and it is not even fair what you pay them, still they become rich but only by your own demand.

Like the court jesters were also rich compared to the serfs. An early pharaoh bragged quite a lot about a dwarf he picked up from Nubia. The guy who picked him up bragged about it too. A lot. It became a thing, these dwarfs. They added entertainment, becoming quite good at that, kept the court in stitches, and they were very rich.

Is there a storm in Madison? The birds are being battered. The trees are whipping around.

So I got a tube of thistle seeds and hung it where I can observe and I thought, 'sure hope they can find this hidden in the shade,' and the next day, pow, there they are. The male found it and chirped louder than normally, real loud and urgently, CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP, like "HEY OVER HERE !!!," then a female showed up and he stopped making noise and they chirped normally and worked out positions, he pulled seeds from the hole and she picked them up. No photos because I'm behind a blind, they're cute.

"DADvocate said...The other day I went into a bar that was serving Coors beer, Johnsonville brats and had Fox News on the tube. The liberals that strayed either fainted or left in a panic."

Insipid Beer, mediocre sausage and the "news" whose viewers score lower on news aptitude than people who NEVER watch news or read newspapers. (The good news is that since Fox viewers believe what they're told on Fox, they're blissfully ignorant of their own ignorance!)

"Insipid Beer, mediocre sausage and the "news" whose viewers score lower on news aptitude than people who NEVER watch news or read newspapers. (The good news is that since Fox viewers believe what they're told on Fox, they're blissfully ignorant of their own ignorance!)"

“Ideological media does a very poor job overall,” Cassino told Forbes. “They don’t challenge people’s assumptions. In traditional news, you will find that more often than not, there actually is a correct answer and there is no gray area. People who tune into ideological media are motivated to hear their side of the debate..."

Insipid Beer, mediocre sausage and the "news" whose viewers score lower on news aptitude than people who NEVER watch news or read newspapers. (The good news is that since Fox viewers believe what they're told on Fox, they're blissfully ignorant of their own ignorance!)

It was a joke, dumb ass. But, not as big a joke as your pretentious intellect.

Dave,Perhaps the size of the audience and the demographic spread therein matters regarding scoring. As the article notes in a standalone sentence "Fox News is the leading cable news channel." In terms of television, do they consider CNN without ideology? What TV news do they consider non ideological?

In the spirit of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, wouldn't the alternative brat fest to the alternative brat fest be "pro" Walker.

I have often wondered how a town like Berkley could come into being, and watching Madison, it becomes apparent. Like lemmings, leftist exploit a political system until reaching some designated point known only to those same leftist lemmings, they explode o'er the country side, to eventually fall into the sea.